Salary, £18,300.70 which includes a £1067.00 SEN allowance per year Contract, Temporary, including maternity. Hours, Part Time, 31.3 Hours Location, Mowbray School, RiponMonday 8.45am - 4.20pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 8.45am - 3.45pm Starting Salary - £18,300.70 which includes a £1067.00 SEN allowance per year Mowbray Special School is based over 2 sites. The main school is situated in Bedale and caters for children aged 3 to 16. The Satellite School is in Ripon and provides an education for children aged 3 to 11. We currently have over 310 pupils on role across both sites and are the largest special school in North Yorkshire. Our schools are thriving, caring and popular, educating both primary and secondary pupils with a variety of learning difficulties and specialist needs. The schools are exciting, busy, high achieving and enjoyable to work in We are seeking to appoint A highly motivated, energetic and committed Advanced Teaching Assistant at our Ripon site on a temporary contract as soon as possible. You will support teaching and other staff in assisting the delivery of the curriculum and other learning processes, in direct contact with pupils. The successful postholder will assist in the planning, preparation and delivery of learning activities, as well as with monitoring, recording and reporting on students. The role will involve working with both groups and individual pupils under the direction of appropriate staff. Your work will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure and you will be working in a school where we maintain a strong safeguarding culture, where pupils are listened to, respected and involved in as many decisions as possible. If you: • • Are passionate about changing children's lives • • Have strong communication skills • • Are commitment to Safeguarding • • Are calm under pressure • • Are commitment to working collaboratively as part of a team • • Have drive and ambition • • Are commitment to raising attainment for all • • And are commitment to actively promoting inclusion We can offer you: • • Term Time only working - providing you with a set 12 weeks holidays a year based around theSchool Holidays • • An additional SEN allowance of on top of the normal Advanced Teaching Assistant Salary • • A chance to work in a busy, dedicated and supportive team • • Training and experience in a variety of areas • • No two days the same • • A confidential counselling, help and information service available free of charge 24 hours a day,every day of the year • • Wide range of opportunities for Staff CPD • • Supportive Governing body and experienced Leadership Team Please take some time to read our application pack and completed applications can be emailed to our HR Officer sarah.jones@mowbrayschool.co.uk before 9.00am Monday 23rd September 2024. Close Date 22nd September 2024. Interviews will take place Thursday 17th October 2024.Key Documents: Application Pack - ATA Ripon.pdf ATA Schools NYC Application Form.docx Candidates will be shortlisted and invited to interview based on the information provided on your application form and in your supporting statement that shows you meet this essential criteria. Applicants also need to be aware that an online search may be undertaken on information held in the public domain as to your suitability to work with children. Mowbray School are in the process of converting to become an Academy and will join The Ascent Academies Trust'. The target date for the proposed transfer is 1st December 2024. Mowbray school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of the children and young people and adults. As such this post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). NYCC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept CV's or applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies. We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity.